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"Galloway, an ancient town in an obscure corner of Scotland, has a proud and unique heritage based on hardy cattle and wide moors. But as the twentieth century progressed, the people of Galloway deserted the land and the moors have been transformed into commercial forest. Desperate to connect with his native land, Patrick Laurie plunges into work on his family farm. Investing in the oldest and most traditional breeds of Galloway cattle, he begins...
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His name was George W. Lang, but he preferred just using his initials, and that's how most everyone knew him - as G. W. Lang. On any cattle drive, he was the buyer, the trail boss, and as much of a cattle drover or cowboy as any of his men. Always a man of vision, he accomplished what many others said couldn't be done - like trailing cattle across the Arizona and California desert to Los Angeles. And then in his late sixties when other men were retired,...
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Story of Matthew Ryan, who went from Irish immigrant to cattle king of Leavenworth, Kansas, in partnership with George W. Lang. Well-known through the West, they purchased cattle from Washington and Oregon to drive herds six times a year to the railhead in Cheyenne, Wyoming, from 1877 to 1882. Ryan's four sons later took over the business to form Ryan Brothers, which established ranches in Montana and Arizona and expanded the empire into a successful...